SAIL-BHILAI Steel Plant has been awarded the winner’s prize for outstanding achievements in ‘Innovative Waste Management Technology’ Category of ‘Greentech PCWR Awards 2024.’ The award given away by Greentech Foundation at an awards ceremony held at Guwahati, Assam, was received by Anuradha Bitta, AGM, Environment Management Dept and Shradha Singh, Senior Manager, Blast Furnaces on behalf of BSP. Ravi Shankar, IAS, Addl Chief Secretary, Environment and Forests, Government of Assam, Arup Kumar Misra, Chairman, Pollution Control Board, Assam, Mahesh Paltil, Chairman, Goa Pollution Control Board, Dr Asarsh Pal Vig, Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and Shantanu Kumar Dutta, Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board, Assam gave away the Greentech PCWR Awards 2024. BSP has been conferred the award for several measures in the area of waste management that BSP has taken in recent past.

 

These include converting BOF slag to Paver blocks for which SAIL Green Tiles Plant (SGTP) was inaugurated inside the Plant in June’23. Paver blocks produced at the SGTP are being extensively used both inside the Plant as well as in township areas. Another significant measure is the PCB waste disposal facility. Set up by SAIL-Bhilai, the facility was operationalised in October 23 and more than 90 tonnes of toxic waste oil from old transformers has so far been disposed in environment-friendly manner. BSP has also successfully conducted trial runs for the use of LDslag as runner material in Blast Furnace runners as a replacement of river sand. Yet another measure taken in the area of waste management is successful trial runs for the co-processing of plastic granules manufactured from segregated plastics from Municipal solid waste in Coke Ovens.